Tintin, a young journalist, buys a colonial ship model from a marketplace, only to have his apartment ransacked a day later, followed by a mysterious visitor shot dead on his doorstep. Kidnapped onboard a vessel ship involved in finding some scrolls contained in three models of the toy ship, Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy team up with the ship's betrayed and alcoholic captain to find the scrolls first, and restore the captain's family legacy.
